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The Times 28056 (August 2021)

Pair of silver buckles fop sadly lost in duels (9) R?V?L?I?S. The answer is RIVALRIES (Duels), and it's an anagram of "silver" and AIR, but why/how?...
17:34 Tue 05th Oct 20213 answers, last by JimF 17:36 Tue 05th Oct 2021
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The Times 27288 (March 2019)

Found an old uncompleted crossword. Two answers I just don't get the parsing of. 1) Miscievous child cuts leg off its first unit (6) The answer is PASCAL. I get it is an SI unit and a rascal is a...
16:04 Tue 05th Oct 20214 answers, last by TheWinner 22:32 Tue 05th Oct 2021
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The Week 1279

Last one, plus a parsing query :- It's taken up in hard-bitten academy? No longer (4) ?A?E Venomous creatures in Government succeeded (6) ?O?R?S. Presumably, it's COBRAS, but I'm not very impressed...
11:30 Fri 01st Oct 20214 answers, last by TioMateo 11:56 Fri 01st Oct 2021
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The Times 28092

Stay in vehicle number eleven (4) I'm not 100% sure of either of the letters, but they could be B?S?
10:46 Tue 28th Sep 20214 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:50 Tue 28th Sep 2021
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The Times 28086

I have just e-mailed my solution of this puzzle to The Times. Whilst happy that all the answers are correct, please help me with understanding the parsing of 4 clues : 10Ac: Woman's entitlement to...
16:48 Wed 22nd Sep 20216 answers, last by Toorak 16:54 Wed 22nd Sep 2021
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The Oldie (Again)

Still stuck in top left corner :- Managed to find, describing heirs oddly missing (8) T?R?A?E? Covers of course after batting second (7) I?S?R?? It looks as if it should be INSURES (Covers). IN...
15:18 Wed 22nd Sep 20214 answers, last by novalis 15:29 Wed 22nd Sep 2021
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The Oldie Genius 404

Money-grabbing mother with international group of celebrities (11) ????R?A???? (The clue may not have a definition, but the wordplay will give the correct grid entry)....
14:33 Wed 22nd Sep 20213 answers, last by dannyk13 14:41 Wed 22nd Sep 2021
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The Times 28080

I was fortunate to be one of the five winners drawn out of the hat for this competition. First time ever (in 54 years!) for The Times Saturday competition. Winning didn't, sadly, leave me with no...
13:21 Sun 19th Sep 20217 answers, last by TioMateo 14:35 Sun 19th Sep 2021
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The Week 1276

Mean head of department calculated (8) A?E?A?E? I get AVERAGE (Mean) and D (Head of department), but how does AVERAGED mean CALCULATED?
17:40 Sun 12th Sep 20211 answer, last by Toorak 17:45 Sun 12th Sep 2021
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The Times 28050

Unsettled round greenery where last rook departs (7) O?E?D?E It has to be OVERDUE (Unsettled), but I can't finish the parsing. Plant where solitary workman at last relieved (4) A?O? Foreman maybe...
22:36 Wed 11th Aug 20213 answers, last by Mamyalynne 22:41 Wed 11th Aug 2021
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The Times 28044

Thanks everybody, I should have got most of those. I'm still not happy though about the parsing of MACAQUE. I get that a CAM is a rotating part of a machine (ie is something that revolves), but if...
11:50 Tue 03rd Aug 20211 answer, last by Lie-in King 11:53 Tue 03rd Aug 2021
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The Times 28044

Building extensions taken to extend much more than an inch? (4) E??? Suffers with effect of freefall here? (7) G???O?? A magpie, for example, heard devouring small cuckoo (6) A????? 1)Stuck on the...
11:05 Tue 03rd Aug 20216 answers, last by Lie-in King 11:55 Tue 03rd Aug 2021
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The Times 28038

Judge soldiers retreating, bronze-clad, as enemy within (6) ??O??? One missed in rolling stock, hole for rivet (8) T?A?S??? Theatre character in shape (6) ?E?A?? Bring up boys initially wanting fish...
21:00 Tue 27th Jul 20213 answers, last by cashier 21:03 Tue 27th Jul 2021
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The Week 1269

CotW :- Back in pub, saying when about to drink? (7,2) B?????? ?? (Originally in The Times).It looks as if it is BOTTOMS UP, being MOTTO (saying) inside PUB backwards - but where does the S come from?...
21:45 Sun 25th Jul 20212 answers, last by Captain2 21:51 Sun 25th Jul 2021
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The Times 28032

Just the two :- 1) Seeking activity in clubs, Iron Man maybe involved in accident (9,4) S?A?E?G?R ?U?T For some reason the phrase SLAZENGER SUIT keeps popping up in my brain, but I think it's nonsense...
20:48 Tue 20th Jul 20213 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:51 Tue 20th Jul 2021
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The Times 27258 & 27264

These have been unfinished in my bedside table for over 2 years, as I cannot parse either part of, or all of, the clues. Help please. 27258 1) Free Entertainment is announced in formal document (8)...
18:31 Mon 19th Jul 202110 answers, last by Mamyalynne 19:36 Mon 19th Jul 2021
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The Week 1268

1) Comedy hits given credit (9) ?????T??? 2) A little quiet merriment is organised around 1 May once (5,8) 3) Mess up transport? Some may be fired (13) ?L?N?E???S?E? 4) Southern African farmers saving...
12:56 Fri 16th Jul 20216 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:00 Fri 16th Jul 2021
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The Times 28026

1) Reject third of yarn twisted on the outside (5) S?U?N Looks like SPURN (Reject), but why? 2) Golfing assistants ignoring European's coarse yarn (6) ?A?D?S 3) Neptune's satellite's interval...
21:59 Tue 13th Jul 20217 answers, last by Lie-in King 22:03 Tue 13th Jul 2021
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The Week 1267

1) Collection at mosque entrance? (5) S?O?S 2) Cheers somebody doomed (5) T?A?? 3) Non-U utterance put about in the interval (8) E???A?T?...
20:23 Sun 11th Jul 20213 answers, last by cashier 20:26 Sun 11th Jul 2021
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The Times 28020

Last few queries:- 1) Arctic fleet? (5) N?F?Y It looks like NIFTY (Fleet), but why ARCTIC? 2) Father out of bed, as device making breakfast? (3,2) F?Y ?P. It looks like FRY UP - FR (Father) and UP...
21:19 Wed 07th Jul 20215 answers, last by cashier 21:22 Wed 07th Jul 2021

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